Falcon 9 (2025)

Credit: SpaceX

Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by the American aerospace company SpaceX. Both the first and second stages are powered by SpaceX Merlin engines and the first stage is capable of re-entering the atmosphere and landing vertically after separating from the second stage. Falcon 9 can lift payloads of up to 22,800 kilograms (50,300 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 8,300 kg (18,300 lb) to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Due to the great success of the Falcon 9, it is often used today to launch commercial payloads such as communications satellites. Falcon 9 has been considered as the world's most advanced space launch vehicle and as of January 2021, this launch vehicle has the most launches among all U.S. rockets currently in operation. Learn all about the different commercial unmanned launches of the Falcon 9 rocket from the American space company SpaceX in 2025 thanks to this overview!

2025 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload & operator Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
04/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)
GTO
  • UAE Thuraya-4 NGS (Thuraya)
5,000 kg Thuraya 4

Success

06/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)
LEO
  • USA 23 x Starlink v2 mini Group 6-71 (SpaceX)
18,400 kg Starlink

Success

08/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)
LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-11 (SpaceX)
16,500 kg Starlink

Success

10/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)
LEO
  • USA 21 x Starshield (NRO)
Unknown NROL

Success

10/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)
LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-12 (SpaceX)
16,500 kg Starlink

Success

13/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)
LEO
  • USA 21 x Starlink v2 mini Group 12-4 (SpaceX)
16,500 kg Starlink

Success

14/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)
SSO
  • Argentina ÑuSat 45 (Satellogic S.A.)
  • Australia Centauri 7 (Fleet Space Tech.)
  • Australia Centauri 8 (Fleet Space Tech.)
  • France BRO 16 (UnseenLabs)
  • Germany FOREST 3 (Orora Technologies)
  • Germany InnoCubE (TU Berlin)
  • Germany SIGI (MBS)
  • Italy IRIDE-MS2-HEO 1 (ASI)
  • India 3 x Firefly (Pixxel)
  • Norway NOSAT 4 (Norsk Romsenter)
  • Pakistan PAUSAT 1 (Pakistan Air Univ.)
  • Spain ANSER L-S (INTA)
  • Spain 3 x FossaSat (FossaSat)
  • Thailand LOGSATS (EOS Orbit)
  • Taiwan IRIS F2 (NCKU)
  • Taiwan IRIS F3 (NCKU)
  • Turkey 4 x Connecta-IoT (Plan-S)
  • UAE MBZ-SAT (MBRSC)
  • USA 36 x Flock-4g (Planet Labs)
  • USA 3 x Gray Jay (DRDC)
  • USA 6 x Lemur-2 (Spire Global)
  • USA Pelican 2 (Planet Labs)
  • USA Ray 1 (Inversion Space)
  • USA TechEdSat 22 (NASA Ames)
  • USA W-2 (Varda Space)
Unknown Transporter-12

Success

15/01/2025 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)
TLI
  • USA Blue Ghost Mission 1 (Firefly Aerospace)
  • Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 (ispace)
2,517 kg Blue Ghost Mission 1

Success

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